Meet Albert. Albert is the newest addition to the Baker clan. He took up residence with us on Monday. Albert is a monarch butterfly caterpillar.
Monday and Tuesday Albert did A LOT of eating and A LOT of pooping.
This morning Albert did a lot of roaming around his little home. When we woke up this morning, we actually found Albert outside his home, perched on the rim! Jason carefully plucked him from his spot and placed him on a milkweed leaf safely back inside his home at which point Albert curled up in the fetal position. Poor Jason was concerned he harmed Albert...but in no time Albert was back up and roaming around his home. Albert did have a pretty traumatic day however, because after the Jason incident, the wind blew Albert and his home down from the windowsill into the kitchen sink! Poor Albert resumed the fetal position on the floor of his home.
Now safely on the counter, all afternoon Albert has been working on this little white dot of silk from which Albert will soon hang to form his chrysalis!I don't know how much Albert enjoys being plucked from his serene milkweed home in Warren next to the interstate and rudely plunged into an environment of screaming, fighting children and being blown around inside some large plastic thing but we sure are enjoying watching him. :)
4 comments:
Oh, this is GREAT!!!!
You named him Albert!!!! Hahahahaha - - - wonder what OUR Albert would have to say about that!
Well we asked the kids to name him and Mackinley came up with "Me" and Piper said "Huh?" so Jason dubbed him Albert.
Oh, Keri, you are made of sterner stuff than me. I couldn't sleep in the same house as somebody's caterpillar, especially if it turned into a chrysalis or, even worse, a butterfly. I once fell right out of bed and broke my femur trying to escape from a moth that was creeping across the sheet.
I love this sis!!!! My first grade teacher, Mrs Herman, was obsessed with monarchs and this whole process and ever since then I have always loved them!! This is so great!! Keep posting his cycles!!
Shoot I want one!! I hear you can actually buy kits like this! Much better to find in the wild!
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